TENNIS: A new champion in Paris, then on to the grass

[JaneJeffer]

Stan is going to be so jealous

Jane I know!!

Sounds like fun

I can’t believe Tommy Paul’s girlfriend posing with him and the trophy, how is he not completely embarrassed by her?

Djok is playing Wimbledon isn’t he. I hope he gets eliminated in the first round.

I'm not a fan of TP, but this is his biggest tournament win to date, and has now been completely overshadowed in the media by the antics of his gf. I would be very pissed off, if I was him. Unless he's happy to be made to look like an idiot and somehow thinks everyone is watching and is envious of him. Actually, he seems like the type of bloke who thinks exactly that.

The commentators will enjoy it rin]

Ice Djok will probably limp 'bravely' through the first round, at the expense of some poor bloke who has slogged through qualifying and can barely afford air fare home.

He will make it a couple of rounds with everyone making constant excuses for him, narrowly scraping through in 5 sets (like RG) - and then withdraw before he has to play a 'name' he knows will see through his magic medicine tactics.

Unless he does the decent thing an withdraws before the weekend.

Has anyone managed to find Eastbourne on the BBC?

It was on today Ice until the very important repeat of Flog It meant it got booted to Iplayer

BBC2 that is

I think they would have shown a bit more of Eastbourne, had Harriet's match not been quite so long!

I tried to find it on the iPlayer but it doesn’t seem to be available.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/articles/c1001n1d3eeo

I watched Queens on the iplayer last week ice - I found it on the iplayer under summer of sport and music or something so it wasn’t immediately obvious

Poor Claire must be very sad this week that she can't watch Norris - the BBC don't show the men's matches at Eastbourne (at least, very rarely). He's lost the first set to Ruusuvuori, and is 2-4 down in the second (I think coverage must be on tennis tv).

I can only watch Wimbledon quallies on the RB until 1 o'clock!

Jane I know- it's really annoying- they aren't showing anything else! I can watch Bad Homburg on Sky.

But I can't watch any of the men's matches anywhere.

I miss the old red button.

Thankfully Premier Sports will be covering Wimbledon here again this year giving me a bit more choice. I don't know why they can't make use of BBC4 during the day!

There are so many channels- I don't get why they can't use them- there must be a reason, ( no doubt to do with money) but they are making it really hard to watch.

It's so hard to find things- even on iPlayer. Sometimes, it's in an obvious place, and other times you have to go through various different things.

Norris has lost, in case anyone is interested

Naomi in another yellow frock.

ooh- Norris chucked a racquet.

Looks like a fair ground in the background at Eastbourne- there's a truck selling Scampi and fries.

Mmm. Scampi and Fries.

Liam is playing in Eastbourne now (he is unfortunately down a break) -wonder if Naomi has nipped off to watch?

Amarni Banks won her match. She seems lovely.

I saw a bit of her match, she looked very good- Mladenovic is not an easy player to beat.

I am score watching Liam, he is making a come back in the second set,

Sloane Stephens and Emma Raducanu seem to be trading breaks.

Pfft- Liam seemed to be on a fight back, but has lost his way again in thsecond set, and Sloane Stephens appears to have given up,

I'm watching Wozniaki/Svitolina at Bod Homburg- I think this started yesterday and has been very close all the way through. 5-5 in the 3rd.